| Physical description |
xxv, 402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Rewriting histories. |
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Rewriting histories.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Romans, barbarians, and the transformation of the Roman Empire / Thomas F. X. Noble -- 1. The crisis of European identity / Patrick J. Geary -- 2. Gothic history as historical ethnography / Herwig Wolfram -- 3. Origo et religio : ethnic traditions and literature in early medieval texts / Herwig Wolfram -- 4. Does the distant past impinge on the invasion age Germans? / Walter Goffart -- 5. Defining the Franks : Frankish origins in early medieval historiography / Ian Wood -- 6. Telling the difference : signs of ethnic identity / Walter Pohl -- 7. Gender and ethnicity in the early Middle Ages / Walter Pohl -- 8. Grave goods and the ritual expression of identity / Bonnie Effros -- 9. The barbarians in late antiquity and how they were accommodated in the West / Walter Goffart -- 10. Archaeologists and migrations : a problem of attitude? / Heinrich Harke -- 11. Movers and shakers : the barbarians and the fall of Rome / Guy Halsall -- 12. Foedera and foederati of the fourth century / Peter J. Heather -- 13. Cities, taxes, and the accommodation of the barbarians / Wolf Liebeschutz -- 14. The two faces of King Childeric : history, archaeology, historiography / Stephane Lebecq -- 15. Frankish victory celebrations / Michael McCormick -- 16. Administration, law, and culture in Merovingian Gaul / Ian Wood -- 17. 'Pax et disciplina' : Roman public law and the Merovingian state / Alexander Callander Murray. |
| Other author |
Noble, Thomas F. X.
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| Subject |
Middle Ages.
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Europe -- History -- 476-1492.
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| ISBN |
0415327415 (alkaline paper) |
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0415327423 (paperback: alkaline paper) |
| Standard Number |
9780415327411 |
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9780415327428 |
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